Home of Leyton Orient FC
Opened 1937
Capacity 9,271
★★★★★
★★★★★
I have a soft spot for this ground. Would choose this over a boring bowl stadium tenfold. Love the new updated concourse in the away end, far superior location. Stewards and staff inside and out friendly and professional. Short 10 minute walk from Leyton underground station. Looking forward to the next visit.
2 months ago
The Gaughan Group Stadium hosts London's second oldest club the mighty Leyton Orient. It holds a maximum capacity of 9,271. The football club is currently (2024) in League One. The stadium is 10/15 minutes away from Leyton Underground Station. It is next to Coronation Gardens. The pitch is immaculate and the seating is generally comfortable. The fans are local and the club has a warm family feel. The ticket office is good and there is a shop for getting merchandise. The food and drink is a reasonable price. The food has greatly improved over the years and is exceptional now. There is also a supporters club that has a bar and TVs (membership is £15). There are corporate areas and a restaurant for a more exclusive experience. If you live in the area this should be your team to support and for football fans a good price to pay to watch games (£23-25).
2 months ago
The ground needs some development. We had to access the wheelchair ramp by squeezing between the warm up goal and a wall. We were in a good position to see the pitch during the game. The accessible toilet was singular, small and cramped. It was well stocked but dirty. The ladies were dirty and only 2 cubicles and they were "disgusting" . The stewards were really friendly and we had a good time.
a year ago
History (from Wikipedia)
Brisbane Road has seen several developments in its history, but due to the second world war the first major improvement was the levelling of a grass bank and crash barrier installation in 1949. The terracing behind the goals was improved again in 1952, 1959 and 1960. In 1956 a small seated stand was dismantled and replaced with a stand from the decrepit Mitcham Stadium, which held 2,600 fans. In 1962, with Leyton Orient gaining promotion to the First Division, another wing was added to the main stand making the seating total 3,500. In 1978 the West Stand was converted into all-seating. In 1996 the terracing at the southern end of the ground was demolished, and used as a car park while Lottery funding to build a stand was (unsuccessfully) sought. The South Stand was eventually built in 1999, and was renamed The Tommy Johnston Stand on 5 September 2008.[2]
The ground is currently called the Breyer Group stadium for sponsorship reasons. In the past it was named after Leyton Orient's chairman at the time Barry Hearn's sports promotion company, Matchroom Sport, prior to which it was officially the Leyton Stadium, though fans still refer to it as Brisbane Road. The club registered an interest into moving into the Olympic Stadium following the 2012 Olympics, as the original plan was for this to have a capacity of about 25,000; however, the club's average attendance of about 5,000 meant that this was not a viable move. The eventual bids from both West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur to move into the stadium,[3] with capacity nearer 60,000, effectively ended Orient's interest. Brisbane Road is in very close proximity to both the Olympic Park and also Hackney Marshes.
On 6 May 2012, Brisbane Road hosted a Super League game between London Broncos and Bradford Bulls due to works on the Broncos' home stadium Twickenham Stoop, with Bradford winning 22–29.
The ground is currently called the Breyer Group stadium for sponsorship reasons. In the past it was named after Leyton Orient's chairman at the time Barry Hearn's sports promotion company, Matchroom Sport, prior to which it was officially the Leyton Stadium, though fans still refer to it as Brisbane Road. The club registered an interest into moving into the Olympic Stadium following the 2012 Olympics, as the original plan was for this to have a capacity of about 25,000; however, the club's average attendance of about 5,000 meant that this was not a viable move. The eventual bids from both West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur to move into the stadium,[3] with capacity nearer 60,000, effectively ended Orient's interest. Brisbane Road is in very close proximity to both the Olympic Park and also Hackney Marshes.
On 6 May 2012, Brisbane Road hosted a Super League game between London Broncos and Bradford Bulls due to works on the Broncos' home stadium Twickenham Stoop, with Bradford winning 22–29.
Things to do near the stadium.